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AUGUSTA, Ga. – When Fred Couples cruises the fairways, golf fans see the essence of carefree cool. Jason Dufner exudes a lot of that same laid-back demeanor, too – though that’s pretty much where the comparisons end. Couples, 52, is a major champion and a fan favorite; Dufner’s still seeking his first PGA Tour win at age 35. Different eras, different career paths. But the same destination Friday, sharing the Masters lead. Couples, playing 20 years after his lone Masters title, turned back the clock on his younger rivals with a 5-under-par 67 that made him the oldest man to hold an overnight Masters lead. “I feel like I’m very young when I get...

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AUGUSTA, Ga. – When Fred Couples cruises the fairways, golf fans see the essence of carefree cool.Jason Dufner exudes a lot of that same laid-back demeanor, too – though that’s pretty much where the comparisons end. Couples, 52, is a major champion and...

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Winter Park Country Club opens its doors Sunday to host the “Nine 4 Gehrig” Golf Classic, raising funds for ALS research. “Nine 4 Gehrig” is part of a series of events staged nationwide to benefit the ALS Therapy Development Institute, a top research lab dedic

Another travel day, plus a little pre-travel Memorial Day tasks, brings us another late-day edition of Monday Niblicks. Let’s face it, you probably read this during office hours anyway. It’s OK with us if it’s OK with your boss. And there seems to be a whole l

Michael Campbell, Geoff Ogilvy, Angel Cabrera, Lucas Glover, Graeme McDowell. Raise your hand if you took any of them in your U.S. Open pool before they won. Heck, raise your hand if you even considered them in their trophy year. Nonetheless, that’s a collecti

It was just two years ago that Tom Watson nearly won the British Open on an artificial hip, drawing on experience and guile at age 59 to take the lead to Turnberry’s final hole of regulation. That was a hip replacement, though. And when the topic of Tiger Wood

A highlight clip caught Tom Watson’s eye as he got ready to head out for Friday’s British Open round – a 1973 clip of 71-year-old Gene Sarazen making a hole-in-one at Royal Troon’s “Postage Stamp.” “Beautiful swing,” Watson remarked. “Dropped it under, hit tha

At the week’s outset, Tom Lewis might have been thrilled to reach the British Open’s midway point three shots out of the lead. That was before the magical opening 65 that made him the first amateur in 35 years to hold a piece of the lead in a major championshi

The second “divorce” figures to have a longer shelf life than the first one. At the very least, the parting of ways by Tiger Woods and Steve Williams offers the chance for more intrigue as it plays out in a far more public arena. Though it took forever for Woo

The easy prediction for this week’s Greenbrier Classic: You won’t see a 59 on Sunday. Or any other day. Even though players and fans generally like to see birdies, last year’s Greenbrier showed you can have too much of a good thing. And it wasn’t just that Isl

Bid finalists to design the venue for golf’s return to the Olympics in 2016 are to be named today in Rio de Janeiro, with such high-wattage teams as Jack Nicklaus/Annika Sorenstam and Greg Norman/Lorena Ochoa expected to head the list. For intrigue, though – a

Doug Snoap got to the first tee at the U.S. Senior Open on Thursday and was promptly greeted by one of his playing partners. “Hi, I’m Tom Watson,” the Hall of Famer said, offering a handshake. “I know who you are,” Snoap replied with a smile. And for a morning

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Sometimes it’s the little things that start the chain reaction. In this case, it was a spot on the charter flight taking PGA Tour pros from the John Deere Classic to the British Open. Without that little carrot, Steve Stricker probably wouldn’t have signed up

Davenport teen Sam Horsfield became the first man to break 200 at the City of Orlando Amateur, breaking the tournament record for the second straight year on the way to a 14-stroke romp last weekend at Dubsdread Golf Club. Horsfield opened with a 6-under-par 6

Too bad so much of today's spotlight at Augusta National was zeroed in on Tiger Woods' comeback round. There were enough other Masters storylines going on to fill pages of copy even in a normal year. From old guys to long-lost guys to one of the easier course

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